MEANING
To settle comfortably or closely against something protective.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- nestle against someone
- nestle in a hollow
On the page
The cottage nestled beneath the ridge.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- nestle
- Past tense
- nestled
- Past participle
- nestled
- Present participle
- nestling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- nestle
- Present continuous
- am/is/are nestling
- Present perfect
- have/has nestled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been nestling
- Past
- nestled
- Past continuous
- was/were nestling
- Past perfect
- had nestled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been nestling
- Future
- will nestle
- Future continuous
- will be nestling
- Future perfect
- will have nestled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been nestling
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: nestle; nestles; nestled; nestled; nestling Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: nestles.
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